Due to the geographical sediment of these natural resources, crude oil emerges as the top commodity with a world production value of $2.4 trillion (2014), followed by gas ($715b) and cement ($445b).
Today, Chinese companies have dominated the supply chain on raw materials, accounting for almost 70% of global supply due to the increasing demands for natural resources by developing nations, a result of globalisation.
Some of the world largest Raw Material Producers today are Multi-national companies like BHP (market cap of $87.86bn / 2017) / Rio Tinto ($73.79bn) / China Shenhua Energy ($62.4bn) / Glencore Xstrata ($51.37bn), just to name a few
BHP for example, has an estimated turnover of US$43.638bn and employs 62,000 employees worldwide. With all that amount of sales turnover & employees, it is every organisation’s responsibility to ensure that their greatest assets are protected at all times.